There is a mother-in-law in Xinglin Village, her husband died in a fire five years ago, and her eight-year-old son was also blind.

The death of her husband and the blindness of her son were undoubtedly devastating blows to Granny Feng, who spent her days in tears and heartbroken.

Five years have passed, and now my son is thirteen years old, but my mother-in-law tears up every time she thinks about the fire. Of course, my biggest wish is that my son can recover.

In the autumn of this year, Granny Feng thought about picking some wild fruits in the mountains and coming back to her son to eat, and in the mountainous areas where supplies are scarce, being able to eat wild fruits can be regarded as a better gift for this festival.

Mother-in-law Feng put a basket on her back, walked to the mountain, and walked along the mountain road to a place about halfway up the mountain, next to a big jujube tree, and her mother-in-law saw a big cradle.

She was suddenly surprised, and when she got closer, it looked like a baby, and when she lifted the swaddling clothes, the mother-in-law almost cried out: "Who abandoned such a lovely baby girl in this wilderness? Could it be that the child's mother also went up the mountain to pick wild fruits like herself, and put the child here to sleep for the time being?" But there was no one around her.

So Granny Feng was picking the fruit while waiting for the child's family, and this was a long time to wait, watching the sun set.

My son is still waiting for her to go back at home, and I can't wait so aimlessly!

I thought in my heart that it would be better to take the child back first, and if no one claimed it, I would adopt it myself.

When he got home, his son saw that his mother-in-law had brought back a baby girl from the mountains, and the son joked to his mother-in-law that if the baby girl was not claimed, he would have another sister in the future.

Also, I can't see with my own eyes, and in the days to come, my sister can accompany my mother-in-law, and my son will naturally accept it in his heart.

The next morning, Granny Feng habitually opened the door and prepared to go to the river to wash clothes, but unexpectedly found a black snake coiled at the door.

People in the mountains are not very afraid of snakes, because they have seen snakes of all sizes on the mountain, but this snake is coiled at the door, blocking the way in and out!

The mother-in-law found a long pole and tried to get rid of the black snake, but the guy was coiled there motionless, although he was not very afraid of the snake, but if he hurt it, he was always afraid of its attack.

Then, Granny Feng risked death and pushed hard, but not only did the guy not attack, but instead went to the weedy forest next to the house, and walked directly to the backyard of the "crazy woman" next door.

"Crazy woman" got her name because her husband suspected that she was having an affair with her mother-in-law's dead husband a few years ago and was about to divorce her.

Who would have thought that on the third day, when the mother-in-law opened the door, the black snake was still lying at the door, and the mother-in-law drove it away again.

The guy also swam towards the backyard of the "crazy woman" again, and the mother-in-law once thought it was a snake raised by the "crazy woman"?

And so, for seven days in a row, every morning the black snake was coiled at the door.

It happened that on the morning of the seventh day, a priest passed by, and the Taoist priest claimed to be able to understand snake language, and he stood quietly near the black snake, and after a while, the Taoist priest said to his mother-in-law: "Your son's eyes are now back to normal, and the culprit of the fire five years ago was the 'crazy woman' next door to your house." ”

Now the mother-in-law wondered.

It turned out that the black snake told the Taoist priest that she was the mother of the baby girl, she was once a snake spirit, fell in love with a mortal man, and gave birth to a lovely daughter, but the man's family knew that they strongly objected, and asked the mage to beat her back to her original form, and abandoned the baby girl on the mountain, so the snake spirit swore that as long as anyone was willing to take in the baby girl, he would use his remaining mana to help the benefactor fulfill his wish.

No, Granny Feng's son can see it now, and it is also the mother-in-law's greatest wish.

As for the fact that the culprit of the fire is the "crazy woman", Granny Feng feels that it is not so important, after all, she is already a madman.

It has been close in recent years, and the small mountain village is already full of New Year's flavor, but there is one family that seems to be a little out of place with this New Year's flavor, this is Grandma Jiang's house, which is nearly seventy years old.

Occasionally, people who came out for a walk saw this scene, but they could only shake their heads helplessly, everyone knew that she was just worried about her eldest daughter a few kilometers away.

Grandma Jiang has a son and a daughter, she has been living in the village with her son Jiang An's family, and the daughter married to a town a few kilometers away, the two sisters and brothers are very filial to her, and everyone says that Grandma Jiang is blessed.

Just two months ago, her daughter was found to have a terminal illness, and when she first learned the news, Grandma Jiang felt that the sky had fallen, but fortunately, her daughter Ah Ping had a cheerful personality, and she gave up the treatment in the hospital that was close to torture and returned home.

I don't know if it's because A-Ping has a good mentality, or because she didn't use excessive medication, after she left the hospital, except for sometimes suffering from illness, she was still in good condition the rest of the time.

Everyone said that sometimes they really didn't think she was a seriously ill person, and just last month, Ah Ping asked his son to pick up his mother and go shopping in the town's big market.

This also made Grandma Jiang feel a lot more at ease, at least she felt that she would not lose her daughter in a short time.

The relationship between Ah Ping and his younger brother Jiang An has been very good since he was a child, and when he learned of his sister's condition, he went to see her every once in a while, although everyone said that his sister was in good shape, but looking at his sister's increasingly thin figure, he knew that his sister was exhausting the last energy of her body.

The deterioration of her condition was more than ten days ago, considering Grandma Jiang's age, Ah Ping asked not to let her come to see her, she was afraid that her mother would not be able to bear her current appearance.

Jiang An responded with tears, Grandma Jiang also knew her daughter's hard work, although she was extremely worried in her heart, she didn't force herself to go, she just knew about her daughter's situation from Jiang An.

And this afternoon, Jiang An received the news and took his wife to the town, and when he left, he asked his mother to stay at home, and Grandma Jiang just nodded silently.

She didn't know how she spent this afternoon, she was restless for a while, her son had not sent a letter, and she did not dare to take the initiative to contact him, in her opinion, no news now may be the best news.

In this way, it was nearly midnight, and the grandmother returned to the house a little unwillingly, probably because the pressure was too great in the afternoon, she fell on the kang and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I heard someone call her in a haze: "Mom, why don't you cover the quilt when you sleep, what can you do if you catch a cold?" ”

Grandma Jiang hurriedly opened her eyes, it was Ah Ping in front of her, she was really happy, and hurriedly said: "Why are you back, you child, you are sick and not good to raise at home, what are you running around in the middle of the night?" ”

Ah Ping smiled and said: "Mom, I'm fine, you see that my illness is cured, you can rest assured, I don't miss you, I'll rush back to see you, and yes, it's to measure how big your kang mat is, last time when I was in the market, you didn't say that the mat at home has been used for several years, do you want to change it to a new one during the Chinese New Year this year, and I didn't care about measuring the size for a while." ”

As he spoke, Ah Ping also stroked the somewhat broken mat with his hand, and his eyes were full of reluctance.

When I heard that my daughter was worried about what she said a month ago, her heart also relaxed, and she said, "You kid, that's what I said, you look at it and came here to measure the size." ”

Having said that, the two of them still measured the size of the kang mat while chatting, maybe the mood was relaxed all of a sudden, or they were tired of chatting, Grandma Jiang fell asleep, this time she slept very peacefully, and dimly felt that Ah Ping also tucked the quilt corner for herself.

The next morning, Grandma Jiang woke up and saw that she was the only one in the house, but there was no shadow of Ah Ping, it seemed that she had a dream last night, but the dream was too real and clear.

Near noon, his son Jiang An came back, he didn't want to hide it from his mother, and told her that his sister Ah Ping passed away last night, because it was nearly a year old, and he couldn't be buried, so the ashes were temporarily stored, and he was buried in the site after the year.

Grandma Jiang didn't talk or cry for a day after hearing the news, just sat silently on the kang.

Jiang An knew that his mother would be strong in her life, and he would rather her mother cry at this time and vent the pain in her heart. Seeing his mother's current appearance, he was worried.

The next day was Chinese New Year's Eve, and although it was still impossible to separate from the pain, the strong Grandma Jiang still took Jiang An's family to busy the New Year.

When the family was preparing lunch, Ah Ping's husband entered the house, still carrying a collar of kang mats on his shoulders, Grandma Jiang was stunned and didn't say anything, watching them replace the old seats, but the size of the new seats was just right.

After everything was done, Jiang An asked his brother-in-law what he was doing and why he suddenly came over to change the table.

The brother-in-law held back tears and said: "Ah Ping told me in a dream the day before yesterday that my mother wanted to change to a new mat for the New Year, and also said the size, I think it should be Ah Ping's wish, but it is close to the New Year, and I ran several places to buy this size." ”

Hearing this, Grandma Jiang, who had never shed tears, cried bitterly, touched the new mat, and said: "Good girl, Mom misses you, Mom knows that you are thinking about me, you go well, Mom will be fine, you can rest assured." ”